RSS 1.1

[crschmidt@crschmidt.net]

This announcement is to inform the community of the development of a
bugfix release to RSS 1.0, originally developed by RSS-DEV Working
Group, titled RSS 1.1.

   http://inamidst.com/rss1.1/                                       
     - RSS 1.1 Specification

This specification is developed as an independent effort by Sean B.
Palmer, myself, and Cody Woodard. It is designed to offer users of RSS
1.0 a replacement using more current features of RDF to simplify the
syntax. It features a complete formal definition document including
OWL, RELAX NG, and specification conformance criteria.

This original release features a number of tools associated with the 
specification, including a validator for RSS 1.1 feeds. The validator,
and other resources such as implementations and example users of the
specification are linked from the following guide:

    http://inamidst.com/rss1.1/guide
      - A Rough Guide To RSS 1.1

This specification is designed for current RSS 1.0 users, and is not
designed to compete with the currently-under-development Atom
specification. It is created taking into account a number of the
problems brought up since the creation of the RSS 1.0 specification,
and aims to correct these issues while maintaining a relatively high
level of backwards compatibility for increased tool support.

Discussion of the format may be had in any of the following fora,
depending upon the particular nature of the feedback: 

   * www-rdf-interest - Reply to this thread if you have comments
about the applicability of RDF to RSS in general, or RSS 1.1's
specific use of RDF features.
   * irc.freenode.net #rss1.1 - For real time communication with the
developers of the specification, and any general comments.
   * rss-dev mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rss-dev/
     For feedback on how RSS 1.1 relates to 1.0 and other syndication
formats.

-- 
Christopher Schmidt